Monday, April 11, 2016

Scraphappy Rainbow Days


This beautiful sunrise full of promise has turned into a grey, chilly day!
I've missed the last couple of months of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge.....packing and moving house will do that, throw the schedule right off!....and although I missed the first week of April, I managed to haul out the scraps on the weekend. April's colour is orange with a touch of brown....like a jaffa!  This was timely, as I still had orange and brown scraps on the table after finishing the March F2F blocks, which were shades of brown, orange and red.

I made these two churn dash blocks...a 6.5 inch and a 9 inch.....these will be added to the blues I made in January, which I'm yet to find, I'm sure they'll turn up before I'm ready to sew these blocks into something. 



.....and a handful of scrappy log cabins. These need a few more rounds to finish, then they'll become a quilt for Maya's Rest a respite centre for terminally ill children and their families. 


The scraps will take a bit of a backseat this week while I start a quilt for my son's 40th birthday....40!!??  It's this one, it's called Radiant  and is a very simple block, but looks complicated and geometric...he'll like that.  I'm making it in shades of grey, black and white and blue/turquoise/teal for the centre blocks.  


So that's it for now, off to tackle the veggie garden that has turned into a jungle, I'm keen to do some autumn planting.

Linking up with so scrappy........ there's lots of orangery goodness to check out there.

'till next time

10 comments:

  1. Love the scrappy log cabin blocks. The Radiant quilt is a beauty. Looking forward to seeing it is gray black and white. Thanks for sharing ... ;) Pat

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    1. Hi Pat...yes, nothing like a log cabin to eat up the scraps.

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  2. Me too, I do like scrappy log cabins, always have. Orange is not a colour I think to buy and yet its so cheerful when included in pieces - I really must buy some!

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    1. I have quite a bit of orange, not sure why, as it's not a colour I automatically think about to use....think I've probably bought most for quilts for other people. Off you go then, dash out and get some :)

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  3. oh fantastic quilt there for your son, Nanette! love the geometric look of it!

    Great work with the orange fabrics too... I think I should join in with that RSC next year when I have all my sewing stuff back

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  4. I love scrappy log cabins but rarely make them.
    Son's quilt is awesome!

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  5. That is a lovely quilt design you have planned for your son. I look forward to seeing your version.

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  6. Love that log cabin! 5 years ago, I'd have said I didn't like orange, wouldn't use it, etc. Now, I adore it, to the extent that it's one of my current favourites. I haven't changed my mind about not liking yellow much, and I use oranges in place of yellow for bright warmth where a quilt needs it. That design for your son's quilt is beautiful, and I think he's a lucky bloke to be getting such a beauty, and in his own particular colourway.

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  7. I like the churn dash blocks very much. I've never done any and now I am tempted to try

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  8. Wow! Magic 3d effect of blue quilt! It looks complicated to do. You are so creative!

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